Shere Bangla National Stadium

Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Ground information
Location	Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Establishment	2006
Capacity	26,000
Owner	Dhaka Division
Operator	Bangladesh,
Tenants	Bangladesh Cricket Team, Dhaka Gladiators
	End names
	Beautiful Bangladesh End; Eastern Housing End
International information
First Test	25–27 May, 2007: Bangladesh v India
Last Test	13–17 Nov, 2012: Bangladesh v West Indies
First ODI	8 Dec, 2006: Bangladesh v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	8 Dec, 2012: Bangladesh v West Indies
	As of 09 Dec, 2012; Source: Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Cricinfo

Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium or Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNS)' ^[1] is a cricket stadium in Bangladesh. Some times it is called Mirpur Stadium. It is in Mirpur of Dhaka. It can hold 26.000 people at a time. It was built in 2006.^[2] It was named after Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq "The tiger of Bangla".^[3]

The stadium has hosted Bangladesh's first class, test, ODI, twenty20 and women's cricket matches. It also hosted international matches like ICC World Cup, Asia Cup etc.

Facilities

The ground is a state of the art stadium. It is considered one of the best grounds in the subcontinent. Its most striking and interesting part is its modern drainage. The ground was originally built for football and athletics. For this reason it was built in rectangular shape. But when it was shifted for cricket it was fixed to oval for cricket. The ground was fitted with floodlights on 2009. it is able to host Day/night cricket matches.

First test and ODI

he ground hosted its first Test match on 25 May 2007. It was a test match between Bangladesh and India. It hosted it's first ODI on December 8, 2006. The match was played by Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

BPL

BPL, Opening Ceremony 2015, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium

2011 Cricket World Cup

The stadium hosted 4 group matches and 2 quarter finals during the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Group matches

11 March 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Pakistan 262/8 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 241 (48.1 overs)	Pakistan won by 21 runs. Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
	Mohammad Hafeez 89 (126) Shahadat Hossain 3/53 (8 overs)		Shakib Al Hasan 64 (66) Umar Gul 3/58 (9.1 overs)
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

13 March 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard	India 304/3 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 254 (45.1 overs)	India won by 50 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
	Virat Kohli 108 (120) Farveez Maharoof 2/57 (10 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 78 (59) Irfan Pathan 4/32 (8.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

15 March 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Sri Lanka 188 (45.4 overs)	v	Pakistan 189/4 (39.5 overs)	Pakistan won by 6 wickets. Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Aizaz Cheema (Pak)
	Kumar Sangakkara 71 (92) Aizaz Cheema 4/43 (9 overs)		Umar Akmal 77 (72) Suranga Lakmal 2/37 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Pakistan earned a bonus point.

16 March 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard	India 289/5 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 293/5 (49.2 overs)	Bangladesh won by 5 wickets. Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
	Sachin Tendulkar 114 (147) Mashrafe Mortaza 2/44 (10 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 70 (99) Praveen Kumar 3/56 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the first batsman to score 100 centuries in international cricket.^[4]^[5]

18 March 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Pakistan 329/6 (50)	v	India 330/4 (47.5 overs)	India won by 6 wickets Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
	Nasir Jamshed 112 (104) Ashok Dinda 2/47 (8 overs)		Virat Kohli 183 (148) Mohammad Hafeez 1/42 (9 overs)
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Virat Kohli's score was the highest individual innings for a batsman in the Asia Cup.^[6]^[7] Virat Kohli's innings was the highest individual innings for a batsman against Pakistan in a ODI.^[6]^[7] Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez's opening partnership of 224 is a record for Pakistan versus India.^[6]^[7]^[8]

20 March 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Sri Lanka 232 (49.5 overs)	v	Bangladesh 212/5 (37.1 overs)	Bangladesh won by 5 wickets (D/L method) Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
	Chamara Kapugedera 62 (92) Nazmul Hossain 3/32 (8 overs)		Tamim Iqbal 59 (57) Nuwan Kulasekara 2/30 (6 overs)
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field. Rain reduced Bangladesh's innings to 40 overs. The target for Bangladesh revised to 212 by Duckworth-Lewis method.^[9] Bangladesh qualified for the finals for the first time in Asia Cup. They qualified due to head to head record against India.^[10]^[11]

Quarter-finals

23 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard	West Indies 112 (43.3 overs)	v	Pakistan 113/0 (20.5 overs)	Pakistan won by 10 wickets Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Steve Davis (Aus) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
	Shivnarine Chanderpaul 44* (106) Shahid Afridi 4/30 (9.3 overs)		Mohammad Hafeez 61* (64)
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

25 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard	New Zealand 221/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 172 (43.2 overs)	New Zealand won by 49 runs Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Dhaka Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Jacob Oram (NZ)
	Jesse Ryder 83 (121) Morné Morkel 3/46 (8 overs)		Jacques Kallis 47 (75) Jacob Oram 4/39 (9 overs)
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

Asia Cup, 2012

Main page: 2012 Asia Cup

Bangladesh hosted the 12th edition of the Asia Cup. Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium hosted those matches.

Final

22 March 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard	Pakistan 236/9 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 234/8 (50 overs)	Pakistan won by 2 runs Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
	Sarfraz Ahmed 46* (52) Abdur Razzak 2/26 (10 overs)		Shakib Al Hasan 68 (72) Aizaz Cheema 3/46 (7 overs)
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.^[12] Pakistan won the Asia Cup for the second time. The first was at 2000. Tamim Iqbal is the first Bangladeshi to score 4 consecutive half-centuries in any form of cricket.